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Descendants of William Keepers

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

     1.  William1 Keepers was born August 21, 1747 in Berks County, PA, and died November 1827.  He married Ann Hayes.  She was born Unknown, and died December 1838.

 

Notes for William Keepers:

See Group 1, American Colonial Period, for details on the antecedents for this family. Group 1 also has citations for many of the details listed in this family group. 

 

Notes for Ann Hayes:

Ann Hayes is the apparent origin of the given name Hayes that occurs so frequently in the Keepers families of Wisconsin and Guernsey County, Ohio.  After William Keepers' death, she married again and had a daughter Ann.  [MERLE]

    

Children of William Keepers and Ann Hayes are:

+   2         i.   Joseph Hayes2 Keepers, born Bet. 1791 - 1800 in Chester County, PA; died December 06, 1842 in Guernsey County, Ohio.

     3        ii.   Catharine Keepers, born Unknown; died December 10, 1850.

 

Notes for Catharine Keepers:

In the Orphans Court of Chester Co., PA, on April 30, 1851, an order was awarded in support of the petition of the heirs of Catharine Keepers for the appointment of seven men to divide and value the estate.  Catharine died intestate, unmarried, and without issue, and leaving neither father nor mother.  

 

The relatives of Catharine named in the document are: 

John Keepers (wife Mary), a brother, residing in Guernsey Co., OH; nephews and nieces, children of Jane, a sister now deceased, who was intermarried with Jesse Woodward, to wit: Elizabeth, intermarried with John W. Blade, residing in Beaver Co., PA, Mary Ann Woodward residing in Chester Co., PA, William W. Woodward and Catharine Woodward residing in Beaver Co., PA, and Sarah Jane Woodward, a minor, who has as guardian, Thomas Jackson, both residing in Chester Co., PA;

nephews and nieces, children of Joseph Keepers, a deceased brother, to wit: Phebe Ann intermarried with James Paxton, residing in Grundy Co., IL, William H. Keepers, Sarah Jane intermarried with Ephraim Huffman, and Israel Jordan Keepers residing in Guernsey Co., OH, and Joseph Keepers, Mary Elizabeth Keepers, Hannah Maria Keepers, Henrietta Keepers and Philena Keepers, the last five named of whom are minors - residing in Guernsey Co., OH, and having Elisha Phipps as their guardian who resides in Chester Co., PA; and leaving a sister, Elizabeth, intermarried with Hayes Jackson, residing in Chester Co., PA. 

 

The estate included land "situate in the township of East Marlborough [Chester Co., PA], bounded by the lands of Jonathan Jackson, Jr., Benjamin Jackson and others, containing about three acres of land, more or less.."

 

The seven men appointed to divide and value the estate were James Jefferis, Moses Keech, Daniel Pennock, Peter Rubincam, Johnson Marshall, Jacob Entrikin, and William Chalfant.

 

Those living within forty miles of the court were notified by personal mail of the order, and the rest by publication in a Philadelphia newspaper for three consecutive weeks, June 13, 20, and 27, 1851.

 

+   4       iii.   Elizabeth Keepers, born 1808 in Pennsylvania

+   5        iv.   Jane Keepers, died Bef. 1851.

+   6         v.   John M. Keepers, born 1792 in Pennsylvania; died May 28, 1862.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

     2.  Joseph Hayes2 Keepers (William1) was born Bet. 1791 - 1800 in Chester County, PA1, and died December 06, 1842 in Guernsey County, Ohio2.  He married Hannah P. Jordan.  She was born 1807 in Pennsylvania3, and died April 28, 1873 in Illinois4.

 

Notes for Joseph Hayes Keepers:

The grand-daughter of Joseph Hayes Keepers, Mary Jane (Jennie) Keepers Wheeler - Group 5: Keepers Family of Guernsey County, Ohio - writes in 1925 "Joseph Hayes Keepers was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and there lived and married Hannah P. Jordan.  They moved to western Pennsylvania about 1812 and settled in Beaver County.  About 1835 they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio.  There he was a pioneer and became a substantial farmer.  He died in Guernsey County December 6, 1842.  Hannah P. Jordan died in Illinois April 28, 1873." - See notes under his brother, John M. Keepers, regarding property Joseph owned while residing in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

 

The first record of the Keepers name in Guernsey County was a deed executed by Jacob Huffman in 1836 conveying 200 acres in sections 2 and 9, Jefferson Township, to Joseph Keepers for a consideration of $1,500.  This is in the vicinity of the village of Winchester, now Winterset, Ohio.

 

Will record B22 in the probate court of Guernsey County contains the will of Joseph Hayes Keepers which was executed September 20, 1842 and probated April 17, 1843.  The testator named his wife, Hannah, and son, William, executors.

 

Item 1 of the will directed the executors to hold the 200 acre farm in Jefferson Township until his youngest child should become of age and that the farm was to be 'rented out and the rent received to be used for raising the family.'  A further bequest of $1,100 was made to his wife, Hannah, and son, William,' for the express purpose of purchasing 80 acres of land we now have in contemplation and to move the family to said land until my youngest child is of lawful age.'

 

Item 2 of the will directs that from the proceeds of the estate each of his children be paid $100.00 on the day of his or her marriage.  These were by name:  Phoebe Ann, Israel J., Joseph, Philena, William H., Hannah, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, and Henrietta.

 

Item 3 of the will provided $400.00 for improvements to the 80 acre farm that was to be purchased.

 

Item 4 of the will bequeathed to the wife, Hannah, her lawful share of the estate when the youngest child came of age.

 

Item 5 of the will directed that $1,000 should be let out at interest to some safe person and secured by mortgage until the youngest child came of age.

 

Witnesses of the will were John Keepers, brother of Joseph Hayes Keepers, and George Washington Keepers, son of John.

 

Apparently pursuant to the directive to purchase a farm, records show that Hannah and William H. Keepers purchased through sheriff sale in 1844, 100 acres in sections 10 and 11 of Township 4 (Monroe Township) range 2 for the sum od $1,164.  This farm lays immediately north of the village of Birmingham, now called Milnersville.  This change is recent [MERLE, 1973] and some current maps retain the name Birmingham.

 

The state of Ohio depopulated the entire Jefferson Township, 36 square miles, and converted it to a lake and reforestation area, now called Salt Fork Lake.  The Keepers farm lays within this area, sections 2 and 9.

 

[MERLE]

 

Joseph bought land in Beaver County, Pennsylvania subsequent to his father's death in 1827.  On November 14, 1828, he bought about two hundred acres in Beaver County, PA, from Thomas Russell for a sum of $1200:  ..."situate on Beaver dam run in Little Beaver Township in the County of Beaver aforesaid, and Bounded as follows.  Beginning at the northwest corner at a post and stones, thence by the warrant of Richard H. Morris, now the land of Jesse Saviers and Thomas Sillyman, north eighty-eight and one-half degrees east, two hundred and fifty-six perches to a post thence by the warrant of John Hallowell, now the heirs of Zachariah Ragan, south one hundred and thirty-three perches to a post thence by the residue of the larger tract of which this is a part, south eighty-seven and one-half degrees west, two hundred and fifty-five and seven-tenths perches to a post thence by land of John Saviers, nrth one hundred one hundred (sic) and thirty-three perches to the beginning.  Containing Two Houndred acres and allowances of six percent.  (Being part of a larger tract surveyed in pusuance of a warrant for four hundred acres in the name of Thomas Sheilds and confirmed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to John Field, William Cramond and James Gibson in trust for the Pennsylvania Population Company by Patent dated the 26th day of August, 1806 ......with appurtenances..."  Signed by the Justice of the Peace, John Beer.

 

On November14, 1828, Joseph also bought an adjoining 12 acres  from Thomas and Sarah H. Astley of Philadelphia, represented by Enoch Marvin, their attorney,  conveyed to Thomas Russell that day, and thence conveyed to Joseph Keepers. for the sum of $46.  [Book 8, pp. 356-358]

 

More About Hannah P. Jordan:

Occupation: 1860, Farmer

Property: 1860, Real estate: $1000; personal estate: $1925

Residence: 1860, Monroe Twp., Guernsey Co., OH

    

Children of Joseph Keepers and Hannah Jordan are:

     7         i.   Philena3 Keepers.

     8        ii.   Phoebe Ann Keepers.

     9       iii.   Sarah Jane Keepers.

     10      iv.   Israel Jordan Keepers.

     11       v.   Joseph Keepers.

     12      vi.   Mary Elizabeth Keepers.

     13     vii.   Hannah Maria Keepers.

 

More About Hannah Maria Keepers:

Residence: Principal place of residence:  Winchester, Ohio.  [MERLE]

 

     14    viii.   Henrietta Keepers.

     15      ix.   William H. Keepers.

 

 

     4.  Elizabeth2 Keepers (William1) was born 1808 in Pennsylvania6. She married Hayes Jackson May 05, 1828.  He was born 1800 in Pennsylvania.

 

More About Hayes Jackson and Elizabeth Keepers:

Marriage: May 05, 1828

    

Children of Elizabeth Keepers and Hayes Jackson are:

     16       i.   William M.3 Jackson, born 1829.

     17      ii.   Thomas Seal Jackson, born September 24, 1834.

 

 

     5.  Jane2 Keepers (William1 died Bef. 1851.  She married Jesse Woodward.  He died Bef. 1840.

 

Notes for Jane Keepers:

To settle the estate of Ann Hayes Keepers, an Order of Sale, March 9, 1840, was issued for sale of a tract of land in the Twps. of West Marlborough & Newlin containing 90 acres to benefit the minor children of Jesse Woodward, deceased.  The children of Jane (Keepers) and Jesse Woodward are listed - Thomas Jackson is their appointed guardian, and the bond, $2000, was filed by Levi Hayes and Hayes Jackson.

    

Children of Jane Keepers and Jesse Woodward are:

     18       i.   Elizabeth3 Woodward.  She married John W. Blade.

     19      ii.   Mary Ann Woodward.

     20     iii.   William W. Woodward.

     21      iv.   Catherine Woodward.

     22       v.   Sarah Jane Woodward.

 

 

     6.  John M.2 Keepers (William1)7,8 was born 1792 in Pennsylvania, and died May 28, 1862.  He married Mary ---.  She was born 1796 in Pennsylvania.

 

Notes for John M. Keepers:

The date of migration to Ohio is not known; however, in 1837, John M. Keepers purchased two tracts of 31 and 74 acres in Jefferson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio.  In 1843 he purchased lot #2, Bratton's addition in Winchester and a few years later he also acquired lot #5 of Bratton's addition and lot #30 of the original village of Winchester, now Winterset, Ohio.

 

His estate, administered by Paul M. McCollum, was closed June 24, 1864.  The file is not available and nothing is known of his heirs except Lewis Mifflin Keepers, the founder of the Wisconsin family, group 7.  [MERLE]  [We are now expanding our knowledge of the descendants of this John. - JKK]

 

Tax Records:  Little Beaver Twp., Beaver County, Pennsylvania:

1827 - John Keepers; 73 acres of land valued at $200, 1 horse,valued at $20, and 1 cow, valued at $16: tax = $0.65

1828 -     "    "   ;same tax

1829 -     "   "    ; 73 acres, $229, 1 horse and 2 cows, $45: tax = $0.75

1830 -     "   "    ; 73 acres, $229, 2 horses and 1 cow, $68: tax = $0.85

1831 -     "   "    ;   "         "     "    "    tax = $0.93

1832 -     "   "    ;   "     , $292, 2 horses, $45, 1 cow, $8: tax = $1.21  (another column shows 0.34; this may be related to a mil rate.)

1833 -     "   "    ;   "     , $292, another 5 acres, $50, 2 horses, $45, 1 cow, $8: tax = $1.38; separate column: 0.40

1834 -     "   "    ;   "     , $297, 5 acres, $50, 2 horses, $35, and 2 cows, $16: tax = $1.39; separate column record illegible.

1835 -     "   "    ; 75 (sic) acres, $450, 1 horse, $30, 2 cows, $16, occupation, $50: tax = $1.64 + $0.69 (school) = $2.33; separate column: 0.55

1836 -     "   "    ; same descritption: tax = $1.64 (no school tax); separate column: 0.82

1837 -     "   "    ; 75 acres, $450, 1 horse, $30, and 1 cow, $10, occupation, $50: tax = $1.89; no separate column

1838 -     "   "    ; 5 acres of land, $100: tax = $1.25

 

John's brother Joseph also appears on the tax rolls from 1832 through 1836.  Note that Joseph is the older brother and presumably inherited the bulk of their father's estate sometime after their father's death in 1827.

 

1832 - Joseph Keepers; 210 acres, $1260, 1 horse, $75, and 2 cows, $16: tax = $4.43; separate column: 1.35

1833 -     "   "    ; 210 acres, $1260, 1 horse, $55, 2 cows, $16: tax = $4.66; separate column: 1.33

1834 -     "   "    ; same description and tax; separate column illegible

1835 -     "   "    ; 160 acres, $1280, 2 horses, $70, 1 cow, $8, occupation, $50: tax = $4.22 + $1.76 (school) + $0.09 tax on an $87 note = $6.07; separate column: 1.41

1836 -     "   "    ; 160 acres, $1280, 2 horses, $70, 2 cows, $16, occupation, $50: tax = $3.31 (no school tax); separate column: 1.66

 

From Lewis Mifflin Keepers' Civil War service record, we know Lewis was born in Beaver County, PA, so the John M. Keepers family resided in Beaver County at least as early as 1819. 

 

More About John M. Keepers:

Burial: Nelson Cemetery, Salem Township, Meigs County, OH9

Occupation: 1860, Farmer

Property: 1860, Real estate: $2100; personal estate: $27010

Residence 1: 1860, Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH11

Residence 2: 1830, Little Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., PA (Also, in 1820)12,13

    

Children of John Keepers and Mary --- are:

     23       i.   Mary Jane3 Keepers.  She married Joshua Piggatt September 17, 1848 in Guernsey Co., OH.

 

Notes for Mary Jane Keepers:

See vol. D, page 190 - marriage record - Guernsey Co., OH.

 

More About Joshua Piggatt:

Name 2: Piggatt or Piggott

 

More About Joshua Piggatt and Mary Keepers:

Marriage 1: September 17, 1848, Guernsey Co., OH

Marriage 2: By J. G. Whitaker, Minister of the Gospel

 

+   24      ii.   John Mills Keepers, born January 29, 1814; died May 08, 1896.

+   25     iii.   George Washington Keepers, born 1815 in Pennsylvania; died April 19, 1900.

+   26      iv.   Lewis Mifflin Keepers, born January 14, 1819 in Pennsylvania; died August 09, 1864 in Georgia.

+   27       v.   Katherine Keepers, born 1833 in Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1870.

+   28      vi.   Elizabeth (Betsy) Keepers, born Abt. 1834 in Ohio.

     29     vii.   Hayes Keepers, born Unknown.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

     24.  John Mills3 Keepers (John M.2, William1) was born January 29, 181414, and died May 08, 189615.  He married Anna Hart July 16, 1837 in Beaver Township, PA.  She was born October 05, 1818 in NY16, and died June 19, 1884 in Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

 

Notes for John Mills Keepers:

John Mills Keepers filed a pension claim in 1890 based on the fact that his deceased son, Allen, was a civil war veteran.  In support of his claim a copy of the family bible record was included.  The birthdates of John Mills Keepers and Anna Hart Keepers are listed along with the names and dates for eleven children.  A letter accompanying the bible record states:  "To whom it may concern:-  My grandparents' family Bible, which my mother (Nancy Alvina Westfall) had was in the flood at Dayton, Ohio, last March, and, it was in such a filthy condition that I copied the family records and destroyed the Bible.  The birth dates here enclosed are exactly as they were in the family Bible.  I copied them from the Bible myself.  Yours resp., Eli Mills Westfall"

 

John Mills Keepers is shown as Mills Keepers in the 1979 edition of the Keepers Family Genealogy.  Based on the pension record information, we believe they are the same person.  Further, we suspect that he was named after his father, and that the "M" stands for Mills in the John M. Keepers born in 1792.  Please note Jennie Keepers Wheeler's 1925 letter in which she refers to many of her relatives, including her own father, by their middle names.  She lists brothers Mifflin, Washington, Mills, and Hayes,  in one family.  Mills and Hayes in the 1979 edition have no information concerning them.  Mifflin is Lewis Mifflin Keepers, and Washington is George Washington Keepers. 

 

Also in the household in the 1870 census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, is listed: Esther Luellen, age 20, born in OH, servant.

 

More About John Mills Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

Occupation: 1880, Farming (Also, in 1870)

Property 1: 1870, Value of real estate: $5,000; value of personal estate: $1700.17

Property 2: 1850, Value of real estate: $50018

Property 3: 1860, Real estate: $2350; personal estate: $70019

Residence 1: 1880, Meigs Co., Ohio (Also, in 1870 & 1850)20

Residence 2: 1860, Columba Twp., Meigs Co., OH21

 

Notes for Anna Hart:

The birthplace of Anna (Hart) Keepers is given as Pennsylvania in the 1850 & 1870 censuses, and New York, in the 1880 census (censuses all in Meigs Co., OH).  Further digging needs to be done here.  [JKK]

 

In a letter dated July 30, 1980, from Charles W. Carpenter, Grove City, OH, to Mrs. Margaret Ross, Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation, Beaver, PA, Mr. Carpenter states "...In my research, as the story was passed down to me, ...Anna Hart's mother was married at the age of (14) fourteen years, and it was their family that had sent back to England for her wedding dress that would have cost $100."

 

More About John Keepers and Anna Hart:

Marriage 1: July 16, 1837, Beaver Township, PA

Marriage 2: ...married by Mr. Harnett.22

    

Children of John Keepers and Anna Hart are:

     30       i.   infant14 Keepers, born May 08, 1838.

 

More About infant1 Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

 

+   31      ii.   John C. Keepers, born September 06, 1839 in Winchester, Guernsey Co., Ohio; died April 13, 1917 in Kansas City, MO.

+   32     iii.   Mary Jane Keepers, born December 01, 1842 in Ohio.

     33      iv.   infant2 Keepers, born April 10, 1844; died May 07, 1844.

 

More About infant2 Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

 

     34       v.   Allen Keepers, born January 25, 1846 in Ohio; died May 21, 1862 in at his father's residence: Valley Ford, Meigs County, Ohio.

 

Notes for Allen Keepers:

Allen's civil war file at the National Archives indicates that he enlisted December 12, 1861 and died May 21, 1862 of typhoid fever.  One entry states that he was treated for Rubeola from April 24, 1862 to June 3, 1862.   He is listed on the Memorial Monument in the middle of Standish Cemetery, Salem Township, Meigs Co., OH.  [JKK]

 

More About Allen Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

Military service: Civil War; Pvt., Co. I, 53 Ohio Infantry.

 

     35      vi.   Annis T. Keepers, born August 04, 1848 in Ohio.  She married ? January 03, 1867 in Meigs, OH.

 

More About ? and Annis Keepers:

Marriage: January 03, 1867, Meigs, OH

 

     36     vii.   Minerva Keepers, born September 10, 1850.

 

Notes for Minerva Keepers:

May have married Eli Ogden - this is a guess as of Sept., 2005 - based on the facts that in the 1880 census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, Minerva & Eli are neighbors of Hugh & Mary J. (Keepers) Ogden and in the 1900 census, same place, Eli & Minerva are neighbors of Charles A. Ogden, probably the son of Hugh & Mary.

 

     37    viii.   Albert Keepers, born December 20, 1852; died October 04, 1855.

 

More About Albert Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

 

     38      ix.   Willard H. Keepers, born September 08, 1856; died September 29, 1879.

 

More About Willard H. Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

 

     39       x.   infant3 Keepers, born September 28, 1858.

 

More About infant3 Keepers:

Burial: Standish Cemetery, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

 

+   40      xi.   Nancy Alvina Keepers, born May 10, 1862 in Ohio.

 

 

     25.  George Washington3 Keepers (John M.2, William1) was born 1815 in Pennsylvania23,24, and died April 19, 1900.  He married Cinderella Tetrick March 05, 1840 in Guernsey Co., OH25.  She was born March 1819 in Ohio26, and died September 05, 1900.

 

Notes for George Washington Keepers:

In the 1870 census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, value of real estate: $8900; value of personal estate, $700.  Also in the household is Samuel Concle, age 23, born in West Virginia, farm laborer.  Interestingly, the entire household (George, Cyndrilla (sic), Satira (sic), and Sarah) is listed as also born in West Virginia.  That birth state for the family appears to be an error.  [2005, JKK]

 

More About George Washington Keepers:

Burial: Nelson Cemetery, Salem Township, Meigs County, OH27

Occupation: 1850, Farmer (Also, in 1860 & 1870)28,29

Property: 1860, Real estate: $1600; personal estate: $30030

Residence: 1850, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH (Also, in 1860 & 1870)31

 

Notes for Cinderella Tetrick:

In the 1900 census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, Cinderella is the head of household with her daughter Mary C. (Heest sp?) and granddaughter, Ruth V. (Heest).  It is noted that Cinderella had 4 children and 3 were living.  [2005, JKK]

 

More About Cinderella Tetrick:

Burial: Nelson Cemetery, Salem Township, Meigs County, OH

Occupation: 1900, Farming

Property: 1900, Owned 300 acre farm, free of mortgage, in Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.32

 

More About George Keepers and Cinderella Tetrick:

Marriage 1: March 05, 1840, Guernsey Co., OH33

Marriage 2: Officiated by William Stone, Pastor. [MERLE]

    

Children of George Keepers and Cinderella Tetrick are:

+   41       i.   Mary4 Keepers, born November 1840 in Ohio.

     42      ii.   Louisa Keepers, born 1846 in Ohio34.

     43     iii.   Satara Keepers, born 184735,36.

     44      iv.   Sarah Keepers, born May 185037.

     45       v.   Welleton Keepers, born 1859 in Ohio38.

 

Notes for Welleton Keepers:

The spelling of this child's name is unclear.  He is not listed 10 years later, in the 1870 census, and it is presumed that he died.

 

     46      vi.   Anna Keepers, born Aft. 1860 in Ohio; died August 31, 1863.

 

Notes for Anna Keepers:

from the internet website listing gravestones for Nelson Cemetery, Meigs County, OH:

    "Anna  - died 8/31/63

    daughter of G.W. and C.T."

 

G.W.=George Washington Keepers and C.T.=Cinderella Tetrick Keepers, both buried in Nelson Cemetery

along with Anna's grandfather, John Keepers, who died 5/28/1862.  Anna is not listed in the family household in the 1860 census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

 

More About Anna Keepers:

Burial: Nelson Cemetery, Salem Township, Meigs County, OH

 

 

     26.  Lewis Mifflin3 Keepers (John M.2, William1) was born January 14, 1819 in Pennsylvania39, and died August 09, 1864 in Georgia.  He married Theodotia McMillen March 25, 1841.  She was born January 23, 1818 in Ohio39, and died December 01, 1871.

 

Notes for Lewis Mifflin Keepers:

He moved from Guernsey County, Ohio, to Richland County, Wisconsin, in 1852.  He was killed at the age of 45 in the war between the states during the battle for Atlanta.  Two of his sons, James and Hayes, were also in the Union Army at the time.  Hayes was actually with his father when Lewis was fatally wounded in the fighting.  [MCK]

 

See Group 7, Wisconsin, for most of the details on the descendants of Lewis and Theodotia McMillen Keepers.

 

More About Lewis Mifflin Keepers:

Burial: Union Army Cemetery, Marietta, GA

Military service: Veteran of the Civil War; enlisted in 12th Wisconsin Infantry

Occupation: Farmer40

Property: 1850, Value of real estate: $20041

Residence: 1850, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH

 

More About Lewis Keepers and Theodotia McMillen:

Marriage: March 25, 1841

    

Children of Lewis Keepers and Theodotia McMillen are:

     47       i.   James McMillen4 Keepers.

     48      ii.   Mary Elizabeth Keepers.

     49     iii.   Hayes J. Keepers.

     50      iv.   Divour Keepers.

     51       v.   Prudence B. Keepers.

     52      vi.   Elmira Keepers.

     53     vii.   George Washington Keepers.

     54    viii.   Unnamed Keepers.

     55      ix.   Maria Jane Keepers.

     56       x.   John Keepers.

     57      xi.   Harriet F. Keepers.

 

 

     27.  Katherine3 Keepers (John M.2, William1) was born 1833 in Pennsylvania42, and died Bef. 1870.  She married Rezin Huffman November 26, 1850 in Guernsey Co., OH.  He was born 1828 in Ohio43.

 

Notes for Katherine Keepers:

See vol. D, page 284 - marriage record - Guernsey Co., OH.  The record reads Catharine Keepers and Reason Huffman.  The spelling Catharine, rather than Katherine, is more likely correct given that her aunt's name was Catharine.  Catharine/Katherine is not listed in the 1870 census, Guernsey Co., OH, with the rest of the family - she may have died between 1864 and 1870.  [June, 2005 - JKK]

 

More About Rezin Huffman:

Occupation 1: 1870, day laborer44

Occupation 2: 1860, Master tailor45

Property 1: 1870, Real estate: $1000; personal estate: $250

Property 2: 1860, Real estate: $400; personal estate: $240

Residence: 1870, Winchester -Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH

 

More About Rezin Huffman and Katherine Keepers:

Marriage 1: November 26, 1850, Guernsey Co., OH

Marriage 2: By B. Wharton, Minister of the Gospel

    

Children of Katherine Keepers and Rezin Huffman are:

     58       i.   Mary E.4 Huffman, born 185246.

     59      ii.   Signorah Huffman, born 185347.

     60     iii.   Martha F. Huffman, born 185647.

     61      iv.   Emma B. Huffman, born 185947.

     62       v.   Jessie B. Huffman, born 186248.

     63      vi.   Georgia A. Huffman, born 186448.

 

 

     28.  Elizabeth (Betsy)3 Keepers (John M.2, William1) was born Abt. 1834 in Ohio49.  She married Paul McCollum July 11, 1854 in Guernsey Co., OH50.  He was born Abt. 1828 in Ohio.

 

Notes for Elizabeth (Betsy) Keepers:

Geography was the main influence in assigning the marriage of Paul McCollum and Elizabeth Keepers to this Elizabeth whose brothers were living in Guernsey Co., OH in 1850.  The other known Elizabeths, in Harrison Co., OH, would not have been the right age to have married in 1854.  Further, see Merle's note for the administration of the estate of Elizabeth's father by Paul M. McCollum. 

 

Elizabeth is listed at age 44 in the 1880 census, Tenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

 

Notes for Paul McCollum:

Paul is listed at age 54 in the 1880 census, Tenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

 

More About Paul McCollum:

Occupation: 1870, Minister of the Gospel (Also, in 1880.)51,52

Residence: 1870, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO (Also, in 1880.)

 

More About Paul McCollum and Elizabeth Keepers:

Marriage 1: July 11, 1854, Guernsey Co., OH53

Marriage 2: By B. Wharton, Minister of the Gospel

    

Children of Elizabeth Keepers and Paul McCollum are:

     64       i.   Mary4 McCollum, born 1855 in Ohio54.

     65      ii.   William D. McCollum, born 1858 in Ohio54.

 

Notes for William D. McCollum:

William is listed as "William J." in the 1880 census, Tenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

 

More About William D. McCollum:

Occupation: 1880, Worked in printing.55

Residence: 1880, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO - living with his parents.

 

     66     iii.   Emma McCollum, born 1862 in Ohio56.

     67      iv.   Sarah A. McCollum, born May 1870 in Missouri57.

 

Notes for Sarah A. McCollum:

This child is listed as "Nettie" in the 1880 census, Tenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

     31.  John C.4 Keepers (John Mills3, John M.2, William1) was born September 06, 1839 in Winchester, Guernsey Co., Ohio, and died April 13, 1917 in Kansas City, MO.  He married (1) Georgia.    He married (2) Adeline58.    He married (3) Mary Chase Abt. 1863.  She was born 1843 in MO.  He married (4) Julia A. Barnhouse April 06, 1910.  She was born 1856.

 

Notes for John C. Keepers:

Listed as "John, Jr." in the 1850 census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.  He is shown born in Ohio, along with three of his other siblings, in the 1850 census record. 

 

In the 1870 census, Madison Twp., Highland Co., OH, is listed: John, age 40, wife Mary, age 27, daughters Mary and Jennie, ages 6 and 4, and son John C., age 2.  Because the first boy shown born to this couple is named John C., I am assuming that this family belongs to John C. Keepers who is known to have had 6 wives.  John's age and geography support this assumption. 

 

The 1880 census, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH [T9, Roll 1023, Page 3], has John C. Keepers, age 31 or 39, wife Georgia, age 22, son, W. B. (?), age 6, daughter, Eliza (?), age 3.  Both children were born in Ohio.  John's occupation appears to be "coachman."  This record is difficult to read.  This may be John C. Keepers, known from the divorce action with Julia Barnhouse to have had 6 wives.

 

From Dawn Taylor, March 15, 2009:

I recently saw where John Keepers was in the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth, Kansas and died there in 1917 and is buried in their cemetery. I have a hospital record and it lists his daughter Mrs. J. O'Loughlin/O'Laughlin and son John C. Keepers.(jr). I found John sr. in the 1905 census in Wyandotte county Kansas, Argentine locality. He was listed as 65 with Adeline Keepers 76. I saw a J. Keepers and Co. in Missouri directories and John O'Loughlin listed as working there in 1886-87. I have been interested in how Samaria and John O'Loughlin met  and married. I saw all the info on Keepers and tombstone photos on the Meigs Co. Ohio genweb.

 

More About John C. Keepers:

Military service: Veteran of the Civil War; Co. H, 141 Ohio Inf.

Occupation: 1870, Butchering59

Residence: 1870, Madison Twp., Highland Co., OH60

 

Notes for Mary Chase:

The following information was graciously provided by Dawn Taylor, March 15, 2009:

 

Jerry, Here are some better dates: Anna Loretta O'Loughlin, b. Nov 1886 MO, m Sept 1 1904 Kansas City, Jackson, MO, d.October 4, 1964

 

mother:Samaria Keepers O'Loughlin (father John C. Keepers b. 1839 Ohio  d.1917 Leavenworth, KS)

mother Mary Chase b. MO, b. Dec 26, 1863 Meigs Co, Ohio, m. abt 1883, d. October 9, 1948I ndependence, MO

father John J. O'Loughlin, b. May 7, 1860 MD, m.d. April 9, 1912

 

More About John Keepers and Mary Chase:

Marriage: Abt. 1863

 

Notes for Julia A. Barnhouse:

Julia was the sixth wife of John C. Keepers.  Names of the all the wives are unknown at this time.  [2009 - JKK]

 

More About John Keepers and Julia Barnhouse:

Divorce: November 26, 1915, Kansas City, MO

Marriage: April 06, 1910

    

Children of John Keepers and Georgia are:

     68       i.   W. B.5 Keepers, born 1874 in Ohio61.

     69      ii.   Eliza Keepers, born 1877 in Ohio62.

 

    

Children of John Keepers and Mary Chase are:

+   70       i.   Samaria A.5 Keepers, born December 26, 1864 in Meigs County, Ohio; died October 09, 1948 in Independence, Missouri.

     71      ii.   Jennie A. Keepers, born 186663.

     72     iii.   John C. Keepers, born 1868 in Ohio63.  He married Emma G. 188164; born Abt. 1868 in Illinois64.

 

Notes for John C. Keepers:

Listed in the 1910 census, Olathe, KS, as J. Charles Keepers.

 

More About John C. Keepers:

Occupation: 1910, Storekeeper - hardware store employee.65

Residence: 1910, First Ward, Olathe, KS - owned home with mortgage.66

 

More About John Keepers and Emma G.:

Marriage: 188166

 

 

     32.  Mary Jane4 Keepers (John Mills3, John M.2, William1) was born December 01, 1842 in Ohio.  She married Hugh Ogden April 15, 186967, son of Sabert Ogden and Elizabeth Forrest.  He was born 1841, and died 192767.

 

Notes for Mary Jane Keepers:

In the 1900 census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, Mary indicates 2 children born and 1 living.  Charles A. Ogden appears in the same census, same place, but his birthday is Jan., 1871, while Charles A., Mary's son in the 1870 census, is 4 months old.  Assuming the Charles A. Ogden in the census is Hugh and Mary's son, it then implies that the daughter, Anna E., died before 1900.

 

More About Hugh Ogden:

Occupation: 1870, Farmer68

Property 1: 1900, Owned 90 acre farm, free of mortgage, in Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH.69

Property 2: 1870, Real estate: $1800; personal estate: $400

Residence 1: 1870, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH (Also, in 1880 & 1900)

Residence 2: 1860, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH - living with his parents.70

 

More About Hugh Ogden and Mary Keepers:

Marriage: April 15, 186971

    

Children of Mary Keepers and Hugh Ogden are:

     73       i.   Charles A.5 Ogden, born March 1870.

     74      ii.   Anna E. Ogden, born 187772.

 

 

     40.  Nancy Alvina4 Keepers (John Mills3, John M.2, William1) was born May 10, 1862 in Ohio73.  She married John D. Westfall 1882.  He was born September 1861 in Virginia74.

 

Notes for Nancy Alvina Keepers:

Also in the household in the 1910 cewnsus, Dayton, OH:  Gertrude Brown, a boarder, age 22, born in OH.

 

More About Nancy Alvina Keepers:

Occupation: Housekeeper

Residence 1: 1880, At home with her parents in Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH.75

Residence 2: 1910, 9th Ward, Dayton, OH76

Residence 3: 1920, 10th Ward, Dayton, OH - not remarried.77

 

Notes for John D. Westfall:

In the 1900 census, Clinton Twp., Vinton Co., OH, there is, on the same census page, adjacent to the John D. Westfall household:  Virginia Westfall, born October 1839, in Ohio and her son Roy, born August 1881 also in Ohio.  Virginia's parents were born in Virginia, according to the census.

 

More About John D. Westfall:

Occupation: 1900, Farmer

Property: 1900, Owned 7 acre farm, free of mortgage.78

 

More About John Westfall and Nancy Keepers:

Divorce: Bef. 1910, Listed as divorced in the 1910 census, Dayton, OH.

Marriage: 1882

    

Children of Nancy Keepers and John Westfall are:

     75       i.   Ely Mills5 Westfall, born May 1883 in Ohio78.

 

Notes for Ely Mills Westfall:

Ely's middle name, Mills, is taken from the pension file of his Uncle Allen Keepers, Civil War veteran,  located at the National Archives, Washington, D. C.  His signature is on a letter that details the names and birthdates of his mother and her immediate family.

 

More About Ely Mills Westfall:

Occupation: 1910, Laborer - Stove works.79

Residence: 1910, 9th Ward, Dayton, OH - living with his mother.

 

     76      ii.   Anna V. Westfall, born April 1885 in Ohio80.

 

More About Anna V. Westfall:

Occupation: 1910, Teacher - county.81

Residence: 1910, 9th Ward, Dayton, OH - living with her mother.

 

     77     iii.   Mary E. Westfall, born December 1886 in Ohio82.

 

More About Mary E. Westfall:

Medical Information: Listed as "attending school - blind" in the 1900 census.

Occupation: 1910, Laborer - place unclear83

Residence 1: 1910, 9th Ward, Dayton, OH - living with her mother.

Residence 2: 1920, 10th Ward, Dayton, OH - with her mother - no occupation.84

 

     78      iv.   Charles L. Westfall, born May 1890 in Ohio85.

 

Notes for Charles L. Westfall:

Charles is listed as divorced in the 1920 census, Dayton, OH.

 

More About Charles L. Westfall:

Occupation: 1910, Laborer - place unclear86

Residence 1: 1910, 9th Ward, Dayton, OH - living with his mother.

Residence 2: 1920, 10th Ward, Dayton, OH - with his mother - no occupation.87

 

 

     41.  Mary4 Keepers (George Washington3, John M.2, William1) was born November 1840 in Ohio88.  She married -- -- Heest.  He died Bef. 190089.

 

Notes for Mary Keepers:

Mary's married name could be spelled Heest, Heast, Herst, or some other closely related spelling.

 

Mary is listed at age 18 in the 1860 census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

 

More About Mary Keepers:

Residence: 1860, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH-living with her parents.

 

Notes for -- -- Heest:

The spelling of Mary's married name is unclear.  The 1900 census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, has Mary, widowed,  in her mother's household.    [2005, JKK]

    

Children of Mary Keepers and -- Heest are:

     79       i.   3children5 Heest.

     80      ii.   Ruth V. Heest, born June 1881 in Ohio89.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

     70.  Samaria A.5 Keepers (John C.4, John Mills3, John M.2, William1) was born December 26, 1864 in Meigs County, Ohio90,91,91, and died October 09, 1948 in Independence, Missouri.  She married John J. O'Loughlin Abt. 188391.  He was born May 07, 1860 in Maryland91, and died April 09, 1912.

 

Notes for Samaria A. Keepers:

From Dawn Taylor, March 13, 2009:

My g-g- grandmother's name was Samaria, but it is listed as Mary. She was also known later as Mame or Mamie. She was born in Meigs Co., OH in Dec 1864. She married John J. O'Laughlin in 1883. She had 5 children. Her second child and only daughter Anna Loretta O'Laughlin is my connection. Anna married Fred Benjamin Cassity in 1904 and had my grandmother in 1906, Mildred Loretta Cassity.

 

More About John O'Loughlin and Samaria Keepers:

Marriage: Abt. 188391

    

Child of Samaria Keepers and John O'Loughlin is:

+   81       i.   Anna Loretta6 O'Loughlin.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

     81.  Anna Loretta6 O'Loughlin (Samaria A.5 Keepers, John C.4, John Mills3, John M.2, William1)  She married Fred Benjamin Cassity 1904. 

 

More About Fred Cassity and Anna O'Loughlin:

Marriage: 1904

    

Child of Anna O'Loughlin and Fred Cassity is:

     82       i.   Mildred Loretta7 Cassity, born 1906.

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  1830 Census, Little Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., PA, M19, Roll 165, Page 231.

2.  1925 letter: Mary Jane (Jennie) Keepers Wheeler, Jennie was a Grand-daughter of Joseph Hayes Keepers.  See note for Joseph Hayes Keepers for contents.  See Keepers Family of Guernsey County, Ohio, (Group 5) for Mary Jane (Jennie) Keepers Wheeler.

3.  1860 Census, Monroe Twp., Guernsey Co., OH, M653, Roll 969, Page 144, Her age is listed as 53.

4.  1925 letter: Mary Jane (Jennie) Keepers Wheeler.

5.  1860 Census, Monroe Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.

6.  1860 Census, Westchester, Chester Co., PA, M653, Roll 1094, page 630.

7.  Stories of Guernsey County, by William G. Wolf, Cambridge Public Library, p. 187, 'John Keepers kept a house of entertainment in Winchester.'  [Now, Winterset, Ohio.].

8.  Stories of Guernsey County, by William G. Wolf, Cambridge Public Library, p. 887, 'John Keepers kept the first tavern in Winchester.'  [Now, Winterset, Ohio.].

9.  /usgenweb/oh/meigs/cemeteries/nelson.tx, contributed by Maria Leamond, p. 4.

10.  1860 Census, Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.

11.  1860 Census, Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH, M653, Roll 969, Page 159.

12.  1830 Census, Little Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., PA, M19, Roll 165, Page 227.

13.  1820 Census, Little Beaver Twp., Beaver Co., PA, M33, Roll 96, Page 95.

14.  National Archives:  Civil War Pension Claim, Pvt. Allen Keepers File, Allen Keepers, Co. I, 53 Ohio Infantry - his father, John M. Keepers, filed a pension claim dated December 6, 1890 that contained  family information.

15.  ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/meigs/cemeteries/standish.tx contributed by Maria Leamond.

16.  1880 Census, Columbia, Meigs Co., OH, www.familysearch.org, Lists birth state for Anna.

17.  1870 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, M593, Roll 1242, Page 51.

18.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio, M432, Roll 710, Page 10.

19.  1860 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, M653, Roll 1008, Page 334.

20.  1880 Census, Columbia, Meigs Co., OH, T9, Roll 1047, Page 33.

21.  1860 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

22.  National Archives:  Civil War Pension Claim.

23.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio, M432, Roll 710, Page 10.

24.  1860 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

25.  Marriage Records, Guernsey Co., OH, Vol. C, page 314.

26.  1900 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, T623, Roll 1303, Page 143.

27.  /usgenweb/oh/meigs/cemeteries/nelson.tx, contributed by Maria Leamond, p. 4.

28.  1870 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

29.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio.

30.  1860 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, M653, Roll 1008, Page 146.

31.  1870 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

32.  1900 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

33.  Marriage Records, Guernsey Co., OH, Vol. C, page 314.

34.  1860 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

35.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio.

36.  1870 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, M593, Roll 1242, Page 253.

37.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio, Sarah is listed at 4 months old; the census was enumerated on September 2, 1850.

38.  1860 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

39.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio.

40.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio, Internet.

41.  1850 Census, Salem Township, Meigs Co., Ohio, M432, Roll 710, Page 10.

42.  1860 Census, Winchester, Guernsey Co., OH, M653, Roll 969, Page 155.

43.  1860 Census, Winchester, Guernsey Co., OH.

44.  1870 Census, Winchester - Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.

45.  1860 Census, Winchester, Guernsey Co., OH.

46.  1870 Census, Winchester - Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH, M593, Roll 1206, Page 498.

47.  1860 Census, Winchester, Guernsey Co., OH.

48.  1870 Census, Winchester - Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.

49.  1870 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO, M593, Roll 777, Page 373.

50.  Marriage Records, Guernsey Co., OH, Vol. D, Page 417.

51.  1870 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

52.  1880 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO, T9, Roll 688, Page 413.

53.  Marriage Records, Guernsey Co., OH, Vol. D, Page 417.

54.  1870 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

55.  1880 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

56.  1870 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO.

57.  1870 Census, Trenton Twp., Grundy Co., MO, M593, Roll 777, Page 373, Sarah is listed as 1/12 yrs. old, and the census was taken Aug. 12, 1870. The column for the birth month lists May.

58.  Email from Dawn Taylor, March 13, 2009.

59.  1870 Census, Madison Twp., Highland Co., OH, M593, Roll 1222, Page 213.

60.  1870 Census, Madison Twp., Highland Co., OH.

61.  1880 Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, T9, Roll1023, page3.

62.  1880 Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, T9, Roll 1023, page 3.

63.  1870 Census, Madison Twp., Highland Co., OH.

64.  1910 Census, First Ward, Olathe, Johnson Co., KS.

65.  1910 Census, First Ward, Olathe, Johnson Co., KS, T624, Roll 443, Page 94.

66.  1910 Census, First Ward, Olathe, Johnson Co., KS.

67.  www.familysearch.org.

68.  1870 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, M593, Roll 1242, Page 52.

69.  1900 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, T623, Roll 1303, Page 37.

70.  1860 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

71.  www.familysearch.org.

72.  1880 Census, Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., OH, T9, Roll 1047, Page 34.

73.  1880 Census, Columbia, Meigs Co., OH, Lists Nancy E. Keepers living at home.

74.  1900 Census, Clinton Twp., Vinton Co., OH, T623, Roll 1329, Page 14.

75.  1880 Census, Columbia, Meigs Co., OH.

76.  1910 Census, 9th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, T624, Roll 1217, Page 241.

77.  1920 Census, 10th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, T625, Roll 1422, Page 38.

78.  1900 Census, Clinton Twp., Vinton Co., OH.

79.  1910 Census, 9th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH.

80.  1900 Census, Clinton Twp., Vinton Co., OH.

81.  1910 Census, 9th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH.

82.  1900 Census, Clinton Twp., Vinton Co., OH.

83.  1910 Census, 9th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH.

84.  1920 Census, 10th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH.

85.  1900 Census, Clinton Twp., Vinton Co., OH.

86.  1910 Census, 9th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH.

87.  1920 Census, 10th Ward, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH.

88.  1900 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH, T623, Roll 1303, Page 143.

89.  1900 Census, Salem Twp., Meigs Co., OH.

90.  1870 Census, Madison Twp., Highland Co., OH, Listed as Mary A. Keepers in the census record.

91.  Email from Dawn Taylor, March 15, 2009.

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